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“A must-have series for middle-grade readers.” ―Booklist
Friday Barnes, girl detective, is... under arrest?!
Getting arrested was the last thing Friday expected after solving the swamp-yeti mystery at her boarding school. But she better clear her name fast! She’s got new cases to investigate, like a scandalous quiche bake-off, a…
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This is the second book in this detective series, which focuses on the adventures of Friday Barnes, an eleven-year-old girl detective.
Friday is on a scholarship at the prestigious boarding school, Highcrest Academy, but school is anything but easy. She has a brain wired like a computer and is considered by many of her peers to be a daggy nerd. Friday’s trademark “terrible brown cardigan and green beret” doesn’t help!
In the second book, Friday is once again solving mysteries, but this time, she becomes intrigued by the behaviour of a strange, but charming, new boy.
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